---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-041660"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-08T20:56:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T20:58:11.493178+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise say-on-pay fails; shareholders vote against executive compensation

## Summary
- Say-on-pay proposal failed: 7,476,751 votes against vs. 6,117,351 for (55% against).
- Matthew Turner elected Class II director with 13,366,939 votes for, 256,789 withheld.
- Shareholders approved one-year interval for future say-on-pay votes (7,615,818 for one year).
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor passed with 14,415,900 votes for, 2,416 against.
- Broker non-votes of 1,040,623 on proposals 1-3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-041660
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-08T20:56:58+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/0001628280-26-041660-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/mktw-20260604.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MARKETWISE, INC. shareholders approved Say-on-Frequency Proposal at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, one year as the interval for future Say-on-Pay votes , by the following votes: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 7,615,818 99,163 5,879,057 29,690 1,040,623
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/0001628280-26-041660-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MARKETWISE, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The stockholders elected Matthew Turner to serve as a Class II director until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, by the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Matthew Turner 13,366,939 256,789 1,040,623
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/0001628280-26-041660-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MARKETWISE, INC. shareholders rejected Say-on-Pay Proposal at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The stockholders did not approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers , by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 6,117,351 7,476,751 29,626 1,040,623
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/0001628280-26-041660-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MARKETWISE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 14,415,900 2,416 246,035
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026041660/0001628280-26-041660-index.htm

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